Another hectic day at the office for our budding resource guru, but for once our
hero actually seems keen to get down to action ...
Monday 8.45am
That’s probably the first time I’ve ever been at my desk before 9am of a morning
(or 10am, come to that). And it’s all thanks to Ms Holmes.
She certainly did us proud with that Envirowise action plan. In all these years
I’d never thought of asking Perkins for a lift to work, but when Ms Holmes mentioned
transport, that really got me thinking ...
And with Chief so keen on all this waste minimisation, Perkins could hardly say
‘No’, could he? Poor chap - can’t believe he’d rather have Radio 3 than old what’s-his-name
on Hip-hop FM. Still, he’ll get used to it ... and I’ll give him a few quid each
week out of my PAY RISE to cover his petrol.
Did I say PAY RISE? ... Oh, yes. You see, when I told Chief we could save thousands
in the packaging department he was so surprised that he offered me a new job ...
just like that. And we all know that a new job means a pay rise, don’t we?
So here I sit, Resources Manager, putting all these fantastic money-saving ideas
into action. And once the savings start to roll in, I’ll tackle Chief about the
actual value of the rise.
Monday 11am
Actually, the savings are already coming in thick and fast ...
For starters, I emailed everyone in the company with a gentle reminder about using
the ‘sleep’ mode on their PC monitors. Then I emailed everyone again to tell them
that I’d only be contacting them by email in the future - to save on paper. And
then I emailed Perkins to suggest that all our invoices and similar financial-thingies
should go out by email too (triple savings - paper, envelopes and postage). Finally
I strolled round to the maintenance room (i.e. broom cupboard), where I found Fred
and Ted huddled around an electric bar heater arguing over the Daily Sudoku.
‘Now then lads,’ says I, ‘Time to switch that off and get the heating timer adjusted
so you’re warm enough on Monday mornings. Oh, and while you’re at it, would you
mind casting your eyes around in the Gents? It seems there’s a leak.’ [Can’t understand
what they were guffawing about.]
All in a morning’s work ... If I follow all Ms Holmes’s suggestions, she reckons
I’ll save the company about £20 grand in just a few weeks.
... Now, I’ll just pop round to make an appointment with Chief to discuss that pay
rise.
6.24pm
Can’t believe I’m still here? No, neither can I. Perkins said he only had one more
email to do, then we could go. Funny ... I can’t help thinking that he winked at
me.
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